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THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25. 1897.
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MAY MKE TROUBLE
Territory Braves Ready to
Go on the Warpath.
ABOLISHMENT OF TRIBAL COURTS
Enforcement or Uncle Sam'. Order to be
Resisted- Plot to Destroy
Federal Bonding..
Chicago, Dec. 21. A, "Washington
special to the Times-Herald Bays :
; Trouble in the Indian Territory is ex
pected by the commissioner of Indian
. affairs, and by others who are familiar
with the present condition of things
in that country. On January 1st, the
tribal courts will be abolished by an act
passed at the last session of congress, and
the United States conn given f nil juris
diction over the territory.
. In many quarters the officers of the
Indian courts bare declared that they
will forcibly resist all efforts jto prevent
them from doing businese. The. United
States marshals have given notice that
any tribal court attempting to sit, and
those aseuming to conduct them will be
arrested.
v A delegation of eight Cberokees, seven
of them fall-bloods, is now in the city.
A few days ago they presented a memo
rial to congress asking that the law be
rescinded, but congress has now ad
journed without action, and when it
again convenes the Indian courts will be
oat ot existence. N
Meanwhile the subcommitte of the
senate committee on Indian affairs, ap
pointed to consider the problems pre
sented in the territory, practically de
cided to recommend an amendment - to
the law aoplying to the apportionment
of all lands held by the five civilized
tribes among the members ot these
tribes, and also an amendment provid
ing that all valid leases shall be recog
nized by the government of the United
States and the money paid on account
of them covered into the treasury of the
United States for the benefit of the
various tribes.
The Dawes commission has reported
.its failure to come to any conclusion
with the Indians. . Such agreements as
have been concluded vary so in their
provisions, that, in view of the fact that
eventually a uniform system of govern
ment must be provided for Indian ter
ritory, it is questionable whether any of
the agreements should be ratified by
congress until the desired and necessary
uniformity can be reached.
Secretary Bliss thinks no government
will be satisfactory until congress shall
provide for single uniform 'system of
laws for the Indian Territory that- shall
place all its inhabitants in possession of
the rights of American citizenship.'
' CROSSED WIRES THE CAUSE.
Fire Destroys Kansas CUT Auditorium
and Hotel.,
Kansas City, Dec. 21. The Audito
rium, the largest and finest playhouse
west of Chicago, and the Auditorium
hotel, one of the most fashionable host
leriesin the city, situated at Holmes and
Ninth streets, were gutted by , fire this
morning. The 185 hotel guests escaped
in safety, although many of them were
compelled to leave the building in their
nightclotbes. "
The loss on the entire property, which
is owned by Alexander Frazer, a local
business man, will aggregate $450,000;
aggregate insurance, $85,000. Owing to
high insurance rate a great deal of in
surance had been allowed to lapse. -j.
' The fire originated ' in an unoccupied
room of the Bixth floor of the theater
resulting from the crossing . of electric
light wires. ' J
vVIIX FIGHT THE TRUST.
Malting; Company Organized with Banc
rat Its Head.
- Milwaukee, Dec. 21. A project is on
. foot to organize another malting ' com-
: pauy in this city which will not be affil
lated with the national ' combine, and
which will hive a capital of $125,000,
Cornelias Sanger is the promoter of the
company, and he said the concern had
been practically organized and was now
' looking about for a site to a largo' malt-ing-house
to be erected. ' The new com
pany will not be connected with the new
trust, but will conduct business inde
pendently. . ' . -: '
Mr. Sanger would not give the names
ot the other parties who are interested
it the project. " -
- Haw to Prevent Pneumonia.
At this time of the year a cold is very
easily contracted, and if : left to run its
course without the aid ot some reliable
cough medicine ie liable to re?n!t in that
dread disease, pneumonia. We kaow of
no better teniedy to cure a cough or cold
than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
We have need it quite extensively and it
has always given entire satisfaction
Olsgah, Ind. Ter. Chief.
This is the only remedy O-at is known
to lie a certain preventive of pneomonia.
Among the many thousands who have
nsed it for colds and la grippe, we have
not yet learned of a single case having re
salted in pneumonia. Persons who have
weak lungs or have reason to fear an at
tack of pneumoua, should keep the
remedy at hand. The 25 and .50. cent
sizes for sale bv Blakeley & Honghton.
MEltC RANTS WATCH THE ORIENT
Crisis There l ikely to Stimulate Bus
iness Here.-
" ,San Francisco, Dec; 21. In mercan
tile circles much attention is paid to
news from the Orient. The intelligence
that a Russian fleet occupied Port Ar
thur, following so closely on the news
that Russia had obtained a firm grip ou
Cerea, leads to the belief that active
hostilities between the mikado and the
czar cannot long be deferred, " -
It is regarded as significant that
agents of the Russian empire, have re
cently made .extensive . . purchases of
army supplies in the' . United States for
the garrison of Vladivoetock. . . Several
day ago a cablegram from Vladiyostock
was received! n this city inviting a num
ber of firms to bid on an immense quan
tity of provisions. ' 'i
The merchants here anticipate a great
demand for provisions to maintain .the
fleets and amies now assembling in the
Orient. ' . '
Beware of Olnments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
As mercury, will surely destroy the sense
of smell and c mpletely derange . the
whole system, when jentertng it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to tbe
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Cf., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In baying Hall's
Catarrh Cure be sure yon get the gen
uine. It is taken internally, and -made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by Druggists. 4.
Italian Warship For China..
London, Dec. 25. A dispatch from
Rome says that at a meeting of the Ital
ian cabinet today it was decided to dis
patch a squadron to Chinese waters.
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It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale, by Blakeley and
Houghton, druggists. '.
Bonnd For Chinese Waters.
London, Dec. 23. The French cruiser
Pascal sailed for China today. The Pas
cal is a second-class cruiser.
INDIA SHAWLS.
Very. Good Imitations Are Mad In
France.
Since the introduction of the Tibet
goat into France the cashmere shawl
has been imitated with such wonderful
exactness that it is hard to detect the
imitation from the original, says the
Chautauquan. Experts say, however,
that the penuinc India shawl can be
detected from its having1 a less even
ly woven web and also from its brighter
colors. -It is likewise said that the bor
der of the real India cashmere shawl is
invariably woven in small pieces, which
are sewed, .together find the whole bor
der is sftenvurd sowed onto the center.
It is a mistake to think that the shawls
are manufactured in India in the form'
in which they are sold here'. Generally
the borders and centers come out sep
arately and are put together in sizes
and often in patterns to suit the cus
tomers. -
A number of shawls sold as "real In
dia" are actually ' manufactured in
France." Persons familiar with both
articles say that the original is softer
than the imitation and that this soft
ness arises from the way the thread is
Bpun and partly also because the Tibet
goat deteriorates when removed fron:
its native hills. . . " ,'.
If any one telis you that a baking powder 'regmkny
sold at 25 cents or 30 cents a pound is pure and good,
he doesn't know what he is talking about
It cannot be made at that pricer You must pay more.
Of the right-price baking powder, Schillings Best
is the best There are, however,' others, nearly as
good ; they do two-thirds
TO GET TO DAWSOfi
A Problem Which Alger Has
. Not Yet Solved.
A COMPANY OFFERS TO SELL FOOD
Spokane Sends a Man to Advocate the
' Alleged Advantages of th
Overland Ronte.
Washington,; Dec, 22.-Captain Brain
erd, of the subsistence department of
the army, arrived in Washington this
morning and although .Secretary Alger
is confined to his home by a severe cold
he seat immediately f.r the officer and
had a conference with him respecting
the execution of his plans tor the relief
of miners in the Yukon country. Gen
eral Merriam, commanding the depart
ment of the Columbia, ' selected Major
T. H. Rucker, Fourth cavalry, to pro
ceed to Alaska and make a reconnoi
sauce of the pass leading from the head
of Lynn canal. "
Senator Lodge has brought to the at
tention of the war department officials
the claimaof tbe Boston Transportation
Company. .Their representative, Pierre
Humbert, asserted the company is in a
position to feed a large number of miners
inasmuch as it has just received news of
the delivery by its agents at Fort Sel
kirk, on the Yukon river, of 200,000
pounds of food This point is above
Dawson.
Tbe announcement that the war de
partment is by no means committed to
any one route in its efforts to reach the
miners in tbe Klondike country, has
caused persons interested in the. various
routes to advance tbe claims of their
respective sections.
The Spokane Chamber of Commerce
has Bent Frederick R. Marvin, an ener
getic newspaper man of ttat place, as a
representative to urge .the superior fa
cilities of the overland route northward
from Spokane.' This is the old tele
graph route laid down by the agents of
the Western Union Telegraph Company
years ago, when they sought to run a
telegraph line to the Bebring straits.,
. Marvin has stated to the war depart
men t that the route is still clear, that
through the dense northern forests there
is a trail 150 feet broad affording easy
passage for draft animals and the feasi
bility of the route in winter is shown by
the fact that for many years it has been
traversed by numerous trappers and
prospectors, while the absence of heavy
grades insures the ability of animals to
carry large loads.
Secretary Alger is asked to designate
some of the army officers now at Spo
kane to report upon the advantages of
the route. ' "
.Was a Dashing; Burglar.
. San Fbancisco, Dec. 22. Charles W
Elkins, who escaped from a Los Angeles
deputy sheriff on a north-bound train
Monday morning, near . Fresno.' is a son
ot a well-known banker of New Haven,
Conn. . He came to the Pacific coast two
years ago, and engaged in the real estate
business at Los Angeles. He was pop
ular,and was admitted into the best
society.
Soon after his appearance in that city
many burglaries were committed among
the aristocratic residents. Houses were
entered midday and jewelry abstracted.
Ttfe thefts were finally traced to Elkins,
and he was arrested on five charges of
burglary. He plead guilty to one charge
and was sentenced to five years in San
Quentin. On his way there he made
his escape by jumping from a car win
dow. '. ,
Political Prisoners Executed.
San Francisco, Dec. . 22i News has
reached this city of tbe shooting in Gua
temala ota number of political prisoners
including two men who are known over
in the Central American republic. The
execution occurred a month ago, at
Hnehuetlango.
The principal victim was Captain Heir-
culano Ruiz, brother-in-law of General
Fuentes, now in this city; Another vic
tim' was the Honduran colonel, Francis
co Zelaya. - He was accused of aiding
the work. - . .
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the revolutionary party and was execut
ed by order of Barrios, the command
ing carried out by Genera Luis Molina!
Three other prominent - Guatemalans
Buffered death in the same manner, in
cluding Licenciado Marcello de Leon, a
lawyer, and Elizando Baal. ,
It is understood that there are in Gua
temalan prison no lees than, two hun
dred and twenty-eight prist ners of trie
late revolutionary war. "
VAN WICK'S PRIVATE SECRETARY
Fred Down, a Newspaper Man, Appoint
ed to the Position. .
. New Yobk, Dec. 22. A special to the
Herald Bays : , . ,
Mayor-elect ' Van Wyck, of Greater
New York, has appointed Fred Downs,
a newspaper man, to be bis. private sec
retary, at a salary of $5,000 a year. :' Mr.
Downs was .born .in New Haven, 35
years ago. He ' was a graduate of the
Yale law school in the class of '84; and
iB a member of the Connecticut bar. He
went into the newepdper work in Lake
wood, N. J., ten years ago.
' 1 ' -. Reform In Football.
"New Yobk, Dec. 22. The. University
Athletic Club, composed of alumni of
the big colleges, has decided to again
take np the rules governing the game
of football, and to have eliminated, if
possible, the mass playing : and the
guard-back play, and to have made oth
er amendments which will relieve the
game of some of its rowdy features.
A meeting of the football committee
composed of Bashiel of Anapolis, Sears
of Harvard, Camp of Yale, Bell of Penn
sylvania and Dennis of Cornell,, will be
called as soon as possible to take up tbe
matter. Communications have been
sent to all the leading ' colleges, and
while no answers have been received yet
from the majority of them, tbe con
ference expects a satisfactory answer
from all. - .
The Surprise of All.
Mr- James Jones, of tbe drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, 111., speaking of
Dr. King's New Discovery, says that last
winter his wife was attacked with La
Grippe, and her . case grew so serious
that physicians ot Cowden . and ' Pana
could do nothing for her. It seemed o
develop into Hasty Consumption.' Hav
ing Dr. King's New Discovery in store
and selling lots of it, . he took a bottle
home, and to tbe surprise of all she be
gan to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound
and well. Dr. King's . New Discovery
for Consumption, iCougha and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Blakeley & Hough
ton's drug store. 4 .
Were Too Giddy.
Ihon Mountain, Mich.. Dec. 22. The
school board of this city has decided that
many of the teachers are giving too
much attention to affairs of. society, and
has called a halt in tbe formofareeo
lotion requesting teachers to refrain
from attending dances, parties and otb
er social entertainments held upon
evenings preceeding days upon which
school is to be held..
Free Pills-
Send your address to H.- E. Bncklen
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box of Dr. King's New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These Pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of.Con-
Btipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
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proved invaluable. They are guaranteed
to be perfectly free from every deleter
ious substance and to be purely vegela
ble. They do not weaken by. their
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and bowels greatly invigorate the 'sys
tem. Regular size 25c. per box. Sold
by Blakeley & Houghton Druggists. 4)
Willie's Wanderings.
Mexico, Dec. 22. Mr. Bryan called
on the, cabinet ministers yesterday, and
last evening was entertained at dinner
by President and Mrs. Diaz. The Bryan
party leaves for Vera Crnz this morning.
and will return to this city Saturday
nig'ftt and then to Guadalajara and
thence home, . - . . .
Advertised Letters.
Following is tbe list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice-at The Dalles un
called for Dec. 9, 1897. Persons call
ing for the same will give date on which
they were advertised : .
Brown, Albert Boss, John
Brune, Wni - Brown, Mrs H M
Campbell. Mr W J Davidsoo, Albert
Evaus, Albert W Fernandes, -John .
Gage, Mrs A W. Barrick.'J
Hix, Mrs Mary Harding, Willard
Hastings. Wm. Henderson, H L (2)
lnlna(in 7 A l.n.a Pranb T a nua
Kin, Lizzie ' Landif, Mr Geo
Lauer, James . Lieber, Mr John .
Lux, Wm ' Mixon, Ed
Morris, Mr W L Koark, Mrs J f .
Russell, John Souson, ErueretU
Smith- Miss Edna Terry. J B
Wetle, Mr Jacob Wiley, W C
J, A, Cjsosgjyj, P. M. ,
FORTS TO BE REBUILT
Port Arthur to he Strength
ened.
RUSSIA'S INTENTIONS MADE PLAIN
Japan Decides to Keep Clear of the
Chinese Muddle at Present
Other Oriental News. '
London, Dec. 23. A Peking special to
the Times says : , .. ',
The Chinese are provisioning Port
Arthur, and will reconstruct the fcr'ts
there, Russia furnishing the money In
the face ot thfri indication of permanent
occupation, the necessity : pf the safe
guarding our position in the far East is
increasing. The Russo-Chinese bank.
which is the agent for the Russian gov
ernment, has offered to China 10.0C0
rifles, with payment five years hence
China has accepted the proposal. . ,
The Times, in an editorial on the sit
nation, sarcastically asks whether the
German press, in claiming a Russo
German entente in China , and Emperor
William in his speech at Graudez antic
ipated a demand or tbe removal of the
German drill seargeants from the .Chi
nese army. .
It adds with reference to the demand
for the dismissal of the English engin
eers : ,
. "Our Peking correspondent says Chi
na is hesitating, and poBsibly.we may be
able to appeal to motives at Peking
which will strengthen China's disincli
nation to comply with the Russian re
quests for the dismissal of the English
engineers.'1
JAPAN 19 OUT 'OF IT.
She Will Not Meddle In the Chinese Af-
. fair at Present. .
San FfiANcisco, Dec 23,-The following
Oriental advices have just been received
pec steamship China from Yokahama
via Honolulu: .
-At an extraordinary meeting of the
Japanese cabinet, Baron Sisbi, the for
eign minister, laid before the ministers
all the reports he had received from tbe
Japanese ministers in foreign . countries
relative to the seizure of Kaio Chou by
Germany. ' It was decided after a pro
longed discussion, not to meddle with
the affair at the present time, but to
await further developements.
Commenting upon the Kaio Chou
affair, the Asahi say the action of the
Germans in having seized Kaio Chou
on tbe pretext of the murder of mission
aries is outrageous, that it disturbs the
peace of the far East, declaring that
Jadan cannot regard the matter lightly
and that sooner or later the line of poli
cy to be pursued toward Chinese affairs
must be decided upon.. Japan must
make a protest singly or jointly. It apr-
pears probable the government has de
cided to take one of these steps when
the time is opportune. -
According to the Chinese papers,
Viceroy Chang. Cbitkung has issued a
proclamation exhorting bis people to be
more friendly to foreigners.
At tbe end of November there were
1566 banks in Japan, with an aggregate
capital of 312,074,514 yen.
Commenting upon the strained rela
tions between Russia and Japan over
the Cerean question, tbe Chinese capers
report that the Japanese army is full of
Russian spies, disguised as Japanese.
and that the Russian army iB being
tampered with by Japanese emissaries,
who are doing all they can to stirupdis
sention among them.
The total number of disentary cases
reported np to the end of November was
87,278, of whom 21,545 were fatal.
According to an official census inst
completed, tbe population of Japan for
tbe vear oi 1896 was 42.761 .623. an in
crease of over 437,644 over the preceed
ing year. . ' .
Misinterprets Our Policy,
Vienna, Dec. 23. The Deutsche Zei-
tung eavs.
The United, States, which from its
geographical position, has a greater in
terest in the opening up' of China than
all the European nations together, can
not possibly consent to its partition in
spheres .of influence without having a
voice in the matter. It would be a creat
mistake to underestimate the strength
of the United States, and a partition of
China would be impossible without .the
apprgyal and participation of America.
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The European powers will do well to
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THE WHEAT MARKET.
Walla Walla Wheat weakened
Thursday lc ptr bushel jerub 61c : blue-
stem 67c.
Liverpool Wheat, quiet . Thursday ;
No. 1, standard California, 37s 3d ; . car
gos on passage, easy for white, quiet for
red; English country markets, firm;
French country markets, steady,
San Fbancisco There have been no ,
chaues in the flour market for a long
time. The market is quiet, and mills
are running lightly.. Wheat is easier,
though not generally lower for spot.
Chicago The opening in wheat
Thursday was exceptionally slow. . Liv-
erpool opened.d lower, but had recov
ered Jd of this at the start here, which
was rather an encouragement to buyerB, .
and was apparently the only cause for a
slight opening advance. There was
some realizing right after tbe opening,
which resulted in the first decline, but
after that tbe market seemed to- be left -to
drift.. . Bradstreet's ; reported an
increase of .1,053,000 bushels in the '
world's visible wheat and flour, all of it .
east of tbe Rockies in . this country, the
stocks in and afloat for Europe being
unchanged.
Pobtland The local wheat market
has succeeded in holding on to all. of tbe
late advance, and for. severals days has
hung around 75c a bushel, as an export
value, with some competition among
millers in the' interior occasionally
boosting this price up by varying stages
to as high as 77c. There is a decided -objection.
topay ing the milling quota
tions.by.mo8t of the exporters, apd tbe
leading operators of this city have- had
an extreme limit of ojc out for the
past three days. An occasional lot has
been taken in for higher figures than
this by an exporter who Imppened to
have some cheap tonnage, which would'
enable him to get out even, but at pres
ent charter rates and prices for wheat
afloat at Liverpool there is no money in
the businese at over 75Ja'76j for Walla
Walla.
A Philadelphia BanK Failure'.
Philadelphia, tiec. ,23. The Chest
nut Street National Bank did not open
its doors for business this morning.' A
notice posted on tbe door reads as fol
lows: "The Chestnut Stree National
bank is closed for business and is in the
hands of tbe national bank examiner."
. Crowds of .depositors soon gathered,
but there was- no special excitement.
Tbe bank has. had a good reputation,
but it has been known for some time
that its business, and, necessarily its
profits had fallen off considerably. Tbe
suspension was a great surprise, espec-
ially in view of tbe high standing of its
officers. William M. Singerly is its
dresident, and Isaac Cooper vice-president:
' '
The bunk was started in 1887, on a.
capital1 of $500,000, with Robert E.
Pattison as president. When the latter '
took his seat as governor of Pennsylvania
in '91, Singerly succeeded him hs preei-
dent. No statement of the bank's . lia
bilities could be obtained this morn-
ing. ,
The Chestnut Street rrnst ana &av
ings Fund Company, the officers of
which are identical witn tnose ot tne
bank, was also closed for business to-
day. ' ; -' ,
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